Act of Congress Open Charge Act

[ElainaThomas29]

House Vote: 10-0-1
Senate Vote: 5-0-0

A
BILL
TO
Punish criminals with unresolved open charges


The people of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment

1. This Act may be cited as the “Open Charge Act”
2. This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
3. This Bill was authored by Representative ElainaThomas29
4. This Bill was written in collaboration with DoJ Secretary JoanM999 and DoJ Deputy Secretary ElainaThomas29

2 - Reasons

1. Currently open charges can be left unresolved for months.
2. Oftentimes with the large number of open charges left unresolved, very old open charges can be forgotten about as new ones are posted.
3. These criminals with older open charges often go unpunished for their crimes as they may not be online at the same times as officers to serve their jail time.

3 – Terms

1. If one month has passed without an open charge or in-game wanted point being resolved, any fines that the criminal owes will be doubled and jail time will be dropped, resolving the charge.
2. If a player has been permanently banned before one month has passed on their open charge, their fine will be doubled and jail time dropped.
3. In the event that an open charge has jail time but does not have a fine, the player will be charged for 10x the amount of the jail time. 15 minutes jail is $150 in fines.

 

[Lord_Donuticus]

AYE - Clearly needed if the DoJ Sec is asking for it.

 

[Ansgardd]

Aye - The Prison is overcrowded and it's a good idea.

 

[HugeBob]

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby passed into law.​

 

[Taro]

House Vote: 7-1-2
Senate Vote: 4-0-0

A
BILL
To
Amend the Open Charge Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Taro’s Last Amendment"
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act is authored by Representative tair0.
(4) This Act is co-sponsored by Representative MartyRay.
(5) This Act has been approved by the DOJ Secretary ElainaThomas29.

2 - Reasons
(1) There needs to be clarification for what happens to a player’s open charges if the player in question is permanently banned.

3 - Amendment
(1) Add the following to Section 3 of the Open Charge Act:

2. If a player has been permanently banned before one month has passed on their open charge, their fine will be doubled and jail time dropped.

 

[A__C]

House Vote: 10-0-0
Senate Vote: 5-0-0

A
BILL
To
Amend the Open Charge Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Open Charge Amendment"
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This bill was written in collaboration with Secretary of Justice ElainaThomas29.
(4) This Act is co-sponsored by Representative SlimeGlitch, Senator LilNickiVert, and Senator black_ven0m.

2 - Reasons
(1) Currently, in-game wanted points, which expire after one month, are not listed on the Open Charge Act. However, the Open Charge Act still applies to in-game wanted points through department policy, so it will now be made official.

3 - Amendment
Change the terms from:
If one month has passed without an open charge being resolved, any fines that the criminal owes will be doubled and jail time will be dropped, resolving the open charge.

To:
If one month has passed without an open charge or in-game wanted point being resolved, any fines that the criminal owes will be doubled and jail time will be dropped, resolving the charge.

 

[Westray]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[A__C]

House Vote: 8-1-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0

A
BILL
To
Amend the Open Charge Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “The Other Open Charge Amendment Act".
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This bill was written in collaboration with Secretary of Justice ElainaThomas29.
(4) This Act is co-sponsored by Senator black_ven0m.

2 - Reasons
(1) The Open Charge Act currently states that when an open charge is still unresolved in one month, the player’s fines are doubled and the jail time is removed. Some charges such as 4.3 - Stealing and 9.2 - Pet Limitation do not have any fines associated with it. This amendment ensures that these players are still held accountable even if they do not log on for a month.
(2) The government needs money.

3 - Amendment
(1) Add the following to Section 3 of the Open Charge Act:
3. In the event that an open charge has jail time but does not have a fine, the player will be charged for 10x the amount of the jail time. 15 minutes jail is $150 in fines.

 

[Westray]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[Westray]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.